Emulation Developer II

BTS Software Solutions; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

PTO

401(k) matching

Vesting from day one

Job summary

BTS Software Solutions in Annapolis Junction, MD is seeking an Emulation Developer II with an active TS/SCI w/ POLY to join our team. The role focuses on designing, developing, and testing emulation software across Windows, Unix, and other platforms using modern CI techniques.

Candidates should have 5+ years of experience in C/C++/assembly, reverse engineering, and debugger tools, plus strong knowledge of networking protocols and hypervisor/FPGA/device driver work.

Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years’ experience programming with C, C++, or assembly.
• Minimum three (3) years’ experience developing Windows applications using Visual Studio or UNIX applications using make files or comparable build environments or embedded system software.
• Experience developing complex programs using C, C++, or other comparable languages.
• Experience implementing software life cycle management (requirements, design, develop, test, validate, and deploy) using modern continuous integration frameworks.
• Experience performing software or hardware reverse engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test application software to fulfill emulation needs on Windows, Unix, or other specified platforms using modern continuous integration techniques.
• Perform software and hardware reverse engineering to correctly model mechanisms of emulation targets.
• Debug software and hardware systems and identify divergent behavior between systems.
• Understand networking and inter-component protocols and principles.

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

Source control

CI

Defensive coding

Address Sanitizer

Debugging

Reverse engineering

BDI

JTAG

I2C

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Hex-Rays

Binary Ninja

radare

GDB

LLDB

WinDBG

OllyDbg

Objdump

Networking protocols

Hypervisor development

FPGA development

Device driver development

Low‑level OS experience

Emulator development

Tools

Visual Studio

Makefiles

CI frameworks

Linters

Address Sanitizer

Job description

Emulation Developer II

BTS Software Solutions is seeking an Emulation Developer II with an active TS/SCI w/ POLY to join our team in Annapolis Junction, MD.

What You'll Get To Do:

• Design, develop, and test application software to fulfill emulation needs on Windows, Unix, or other specified platforms using modern continuous integration techniques.
• Perform software and hardware reverse engineering to correctly model mechanisms of emulation targets.
• Debug software and hardware systems and identify divergent behavior between systems.
• Understand networking and inter-component protocols and principles.

You’ll Bring These Skills:

• Strong development skills using low level languages such as C, C++, or Assembly.
• Experience with source control, modern build systems, and continuous integration.
• Experience with modern defensive coding practices and tools such as linters, Address Sanitizer, coverage-guided testing, etc.
• Ability to identify divergent behavior between emulated systems and real hardware through debugging and reverse engineering.
• Experience with BDI, JTAG, I2C, etc is beneficial.
• Experience with Ghidra, IDA Pro / Hexrays, Binary Ninja (binja), radare, GDB, lldb, WinDBG, Ollydbg, or objdump is beneficial.
• Understands the principles of networking and communication protocols and can identify and understand new protocols.
• Experience with hypervisor development, FPGA development, device driver development, low‑level experience in multiple operating systems and instruction sets, and previous experience developing emulators or emulation models.

Education/Qualifications:

• Minimum five (5) years’ experience programming with C, C++, or assembly.
• Minimum three (3) years’ experience developing Windows applications using Visual Studio or UNIX applications using make files or comparable build environments or embedded system software.
• Experience developing complex programs using C, C++, or other comparable languages.
• Experience implementing software life cycle management (requirements, design, develop, test, validate, and deploy) using modern continuous integration frameworks.
• Experience performing software or hardware reverse engineering.

Pay Range:

$200,000 to $260,000. The BTS pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Our approach to crafting offers considers various factors.

Benefits:

100% company‑paid health benefits, PTO, 401(k) matching and vesting from day one of employment.

BTS Software Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.